The Sochi Games have closed, and I am sure many citizens of Russia are wondering: was it worth it? The Olympics are expensive and...

I’d wager that a considerable number of the general population would describe most modern art as esoteric, derivative, annoying,...

In 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, a red button marked “reset” (peregruzka) to...

It is self-evident that every host country of the Olympic Games faces pressure from the international community. Whether it’s regarding...

President Barack Obama’s second term has been tainted by numerous instances of questionable uses of executive power, including the IRS...

It is impossible to analyze Cuba’s political moves without also mentioning the United States’ reaction. Since the 1959 revolution, the...

Since I first wrote about the U.S. government’s (“USG”) bulk collection of telephony metadata in September, public understanding of the...

One morning last month, Rhode Islanders woke up to the news that the National Rifle Association had been charged with the second-largest...

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s current position is challenging at best. His government now has to decide whether to finally sign...

Hello readers! I hope that, despite Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter, you’re keeping warm and reading up on...

Recently, a bipartisan group of 17 governors signed a letter to Congress asking that highway funding be restored.  You may not have...

Donald Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General of the United States. U.S. Gov’t Work, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. The implications of the...

One of the themes of a recent New Yorker article about President Obama is what author David Remnick calls “the long view.” Obama compares...

BPR’s live blog of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address. The Brown Political Review is the best place to keep updated on...

Hello, readers, and welcome to 2014, where everything is made up and the points don’t matter! Just kidding, we aren’t living in an...

This column advocates one of the most unpopular stances in America: giving lawyers more money. But hear me out. Medicare, Medicaid,...

On October 29, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was scheduled to deliver prepared remarks during a public lecture at Brown...

It wouldn’t be surprising if, five years from now, Brown still looks back at 2013 as the year of the Ray Kelly Event. It’s rare for a...

In the last two months at Brown, it sometimes feels as though we’ve been witness not to a news-generating controversy but a campus-wide...

It seems that almost everyone is disappointed with October’s government shutdown. Tea Party sympathizers are unhappy that their strategy...